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FREDERICK E. WARNER, 0F BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB TO THE KING MACHINE COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUT.

IRONINGr-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, FREDERICK E. WARNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Iromng- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to ironing machines and has reference more particularly to that class of machines adapted more especially for wherein it is advantageous to have the iron lifted from the goods at the end of each forward and backward stroke thereof and also to provide means whereby the iron may be tilted and maintained in such tilted position while in operation, so as to iron strips of different widths. By bodily lifting the iron at the end of each stroke, the operator is enabled to shift the goods beneath the iron with celerity, and by tilting the iron and ironing with it in such position, corsets having clifferent width spaces between the bones, steels or the like may have such spaces readily and efficiently ironed.

Machines for accomplishing such objects have heretofore been devised and form the subject-matter of Letters Patent issued to The King Machine Company, as assignee of E. E. Norton and A. U. Langenegger, under date of January 1%, 1913, Reissue No. 13,513, and May 6, 1913, No. 1,061,109. The present machine accomplishes the same results as set forth in said patent, and presents certain advantages thereover which will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, the iron being shown as elevated and at the limit of its inward stroke, the adjustment of the mechanism being such that the face of the iron is parallel to the face of the ironing-board, or in other words, the iron is not tilted; Fig. 2 is a similar view, the iron having completed its outward stroke and being aboutto be elevated; Fig. 3 a transverse vertical sectional view, on the line 33 of'Fig. 2 the parts being slightly enlarged; Fig. 1 a horizontal sectional view, taken just below the top of the frame, the iron appearing in section; Figs. 5 and 6 transverse vertical sectional views, taken, respectively, on the lines 55 and 66 of Fig. 2; Fig. 7 a side elevation of the machine seen from the opposite ironing corsets and the like,-

side to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the iron also being shown as thrown to its tilted position; Fig. 8 a perspective view of the lever mechanism employed to lift the iron, and also the iron-tilting rod and its allied parts; Fig. 9 a perspective view of the rocker support for the iron-supporting and actuating bar; Fig. 10 a like view of a similar part employed in conjunction with the actuating mechanism; and Fig. 11 a sectional plan view, taken on the line 11-11 of Fig. 7, of the treadle-stands.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a fixed table or platform, to which is secured the base 2 of the machine, having at its outer end a raised section 3 provided with lateral brackets 4c and 5, Fig. 3, extending therefrom, said parts forming the supports, respectively, for the removable ironing-board 6 and the side-boards or wings 7 and 8, the latter serving as supporting elements upon which the article being ironed may rest and be properly manipulated as it is shifted across the ironing-board at such time as the iron is elevated.

Extending upwardly from the base 2, and preferably as an integral portion thereof, is the main frame or housing 9, the same being box-like in form and provided with a forwardly-extending hollow arm or trunk 10, the outer end of which is closed by a plate 11 having an opening 12 formed therein. The upper portion of the housing is open and is normally closed by a lid or cover 13. A drip pan 14 extends inwardly from the rear wall of the housing, underlying the operating mechanism and acting to catch and hold any oil which may drop from the gears and like parts.

A driving shaft 15, see Fig. 5, finds its bearing in a sleeve or bushing 16, mounted in a hub or boss 17, formed as an integral portion of the housing 9, said shaft having loosely mounted thereon a band-pulley 18, adapted to be thrown into locking engagement with a clutch 19 secured to the outer end of the shaft, through the manipulation of a hand-lever 20 fulcrumed on sleeve 16. Any suitable mechanism for coupling and uncoupling the driving pulley to the shaft may be employed, but the arrangement shown is a desirable and simple one, as the lever extends forwardly into easy reach of the operator.

cured a pinion 21 which meshes with agear 22 pinned to a shaft 23, said shaft finding its bearings in a boss 24 and a bracket 25 which latter extends forwardly from the rear wall of the housing. A two-point cam 26 is likewise pinned to shaft 23, the cam standing in line with and acting upon a roller 27, see Fig. 8, mounted in the rear end of a bifurcated lever 28, the hub 29 of which finds its bearing upon a fixed shaft 30, supported in bosses or hubs 31, 32, formed as a part of the housing. The forward end of the lever is pivotally connected to a link 33 which in turn is likewise connected to the rear end of a lever 34, said lever extending forwardly into the hollow arm or trunk 10 and being fulcrumed upon a cross-pin 35. A roller 36 is mounted in the forward end of the lever, the roller underlying and contacting with the under face of the iron-supporting and actuating bar or rod 37.

Secured to the inner end of shaft 23 is a crank 38, and pivoted to said crank is a rack bar 39, the rack-bar passing through a rocker-support shown in detail in Fig. 10, and meshing with a pinion 40 having an elongated, laterally-projecting hub 41, see Fig. 6, said pinion being mounted on shaft 30. The rocker support comprises two side plates and 44, plate 43 carrying spacing lugs 45 at its lower portion and being likewise provided with a hub 46 which finds its bearing on shaft 30. Plate 44 is also provided with a hub 47 having a somewhat larger bore and adapted to encircle and swivel upon a portion of the hub 41. A pair of rollers 48 and 49 are supported between the side plates 43 and 44, said rollers contacting with the upper side of rack 39 and maintaining it in mesh at all times with pinion 40.

A gear 50 having an elongated laterallyextending hub 51, is mounted upon and secured to the corresponding hub 41 of pinion 40, said gear meshing with a rack formed upon the under face of the iron-supporting bar 37. A strengthening and guiding bar 52 is secured to the side of the bar 37, and said bars extend through a rocker and guiding member shown in detail in Fig. 9. Said member may be said to comprise two side plates 53 and 54, the former having a relatively large hub 55 which finds its bearing on the elongated hub 51 of gear 50, while the latter is provided with a hub 56, (Fig. 6), which encircles shaft 30. An inwardly-extending shelf-like projection 57, formed upon plate 53, abuts against lugs 58 extending from plate 54, the shelf and lugs serving to space the plates. A pair of rollers 59, 60, are mounted between the upper edges of the plates, said rollers bearing upon the bars 37, 52, while the lower face of bar 52 rests and bears upon the guiding shelf 57, said bar52 being of a slightly greater depth than bar 37, so that the teeth of the rack on the latter will clear the spacing lugs 58.

To the rear wall of the housing there is secured a hollow extension 61, adapted to receive the iron-supporting and actuating bar when the latter is drawn rearwardly.

The forward end of the bar 37 extends into a recess formed in the rear face of an iron, whose main body is preferably composed of two sections, 62 and 63, secured together in any suitable manner and carrying a pin 64 which passes through said bar, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Springs 65 and 66, seated in recesses in the iron upon opposite sides of the bar and bearing thereon, tend to 1 hold the iron centered with reference to the bar, yet when necessary permit a relative movement of the parts. The pressing or polishing body of the iron is designated by 67 and is preferably heated by electricity,

current being supplied thereto through a 1 flexible cable 68, leading to a rheostatic switch 69, secured by preference to the housing'9. The iron, as will be seen upon reference to Fig. 4, is preferably pointed at each end, being widest at its center.

A vertically-disposed stem or post 70 may be clamped between sections 62 and 63, and

a plurality of weights 71, each having a cen- I tral opening therein, may be placed on the iron to give additional weight if need be. The upper face of the iron will be provided With a rib 71 adapted to pass into a simi- A larly shaped groove 71 formed in the base of the adjacent weight, and a like connection will be had between each pair of weights, the ribs and grooves being given an outline other than circular so as to prevent the weights from shifting about the stem or post.

Extending downwardly from the lower end of link 33 is a rod 72, adjustable as to length and carrying at its lower end an elongated eye 73, see Fig. 7, through which freely passes a pin 74 extending laterally from a lever 75 fulcrumed at 76 upon a treadle-stand 77. Lever 75 is pin-jointed to a treadle 78, fulcrumed at 79 upon the treadle-stand, said treadle when depressed being adapted to be locked in said depressed position by being thrown into engagement with a locking notch or shoulder 80, carried by a fixed post or standard 81. Lever 75 is normally held in its elevated position by a spring 82 attached at its lower end to the lever andat its upper end to the hook shaped end of a post 83.

The parts thus far described are designed to impart an endwise reciprocating movement to the iron-carrying bar, and conse quently to the iron, to elevate the iron the end of each inward and outward stroke, and

also to hold the iron elevated while it is still tilt the iron and to hold the'same in its tilted position while being actuated. The iron has secured to one side thereof. see Figs. 3 and 7, a rearwardly-extending arm 84, carrying at its free end a grooved roller 85. Said roller lies above, and in vertical alinement with a round rod 86, which stands alongside of the arm or trunk 10 of the frame, the rod extending well forward and being secured at its rear end in a pair of rocker-arms 87 and 88. Said arms extend inwardly through openings 89 and 90, formed in the adjacent side wall of trunk 10, and are made fast to a rocker-shaft 91, journaled in brackets 92 and 93 carried upon the inner wall of the trunk. Shaft 91 eX- tends rearwardly into the housing 9, and has secured to it a rocker-lever 94, curved as shown in Fig. 8, to clear the rear off-set end of lever A pull-rod 95 is pivotally connected to said lever, the rod being adjustable in length and connected at its lower end to a lever 96, fulcrumed similarly to lever 7 5, on

I a treadle-stand 97 said lever 96 being pinjointed to a treadle 98, likewise fulcrumed on stand 97, see Figs. 1, and 11. A spring 99, secured at its lower end to lever 96 and attached at its upper end to the hook-shaped end of a post 100, acts to normally hold the lever 96 elevated and rod 86 in its depressed or lowered position. The connection between treadle 98 and lever 96 is such that when the treadle is depressed as shown in Fig. 7, the rod 86, which may be termed a track or runway, will be elevated and the iron tilted, as shown in said figure.

The operation of the mechanism may be briefly stated as follows: The operator having positioned the goods upon the board 6, will throw leverQG from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 4L to the position shown in Figs. 2, 5 and 7, thereby locking pulley 18 to the driving shaft 15. The iron-carrying rod or bar 37 will then have imparted to it an endwise reciprocating movement, pinion 21 driving gear 22 which in turn imparts a continuous motion to shaft 23. Crank 38 is thus o erated and rack-bar 39 caused to reciprocate through its rocker or rocking support (Fig. 10) and to impart an oscillating movement to pinion 4-0. Such movement is imparted through the extended hub 41 to gear 50, and consequently, an endwise recip rocating movement is given to the ironcarrying bar 37, through the engagement of the rack thereon with the gear 50. Said bar and its attached guiding and strengthening bar 52 reciprocate through their rocking support. shown in detail in Fig 9, and traverse the iron over the goods supported on the ironing-board 6. While these movements are takingplace, cam 26 is rotating, and the points thereof, which are'diametrically disposed, are so positioned that they come into action alternately as the iron reaches its limit of outward and inward movement, thereby elevating the rear end of lever 28, and through link 33 elevating the forward end of lever 34, throwing roller 36 against the under face of iron-supporting bar 37 and bringing the parts to the position illus trated in Fig. 1 wherein the iron is shown as elevated from the board a the end of the inward stroke. In Fig. 2 the iron is shown as at the limit of its outer or forward stroke, and the cam is about to come into operation to elevate the iron. Such elevation and the subsequent lowering, at the end of both the inward and outward strokes, take place when crank 38 is at its greatest throw in either direction, and when, consequently, the iron-carrying and actuating bar 37 to all intents and purposes is at rest.

The iron may be held in its elevated position by depressing the treadle 78 and looking it in such depressed position, the reciprocation thereof still continuing. This does away with the necessity of unclutching the driving shaft and allows the operator to properly position the corset before the iron is again lowered.

The tilting of the iron, to cause it to iron stripsof different widths, is effected through the operation of the treadle 98. When depressed it raises the track rod 86 through the connections before described, and said rod bearing against. roller 85, tilts the iron through the attached arm 8d. The weight of the iron and the spring 66 tend to hold the roller in contact with the rod. In Fig. 7 the parts are so illustrated, the iron being at the limit of its outward stroke. The tilting in no wise affects the bodily elevation or lifting of the iron, as above described.

While I have set forth somewhat fully the construction of the machine, it is to be understood that it may be varied in detail without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In an ironing machine, the combination of a bar; means for reciprocating said bar; an iron carried by said bar; means-acting directly upon said bar to elevate the same, and consequently the iron, at the end of each forward and backward stroke thereof; and means for tilting the iron and maintaining it in such tilted position while making its ironing strokes.

2. In an ironing machine, the combination of a bar; means for reciprocating said bar; an iron carried by said bar; and means acting in timed relation with said reciprocating means and directly upon said bar to positively elevate the bar, and consequently the iron, at the end of each forward and backward stroke of the bar.

3. In an ironing machine, the combination of a bar; an iron carried thereby; a swiveled support for said bar; means for reciprocating said bar to and fro through said sup port; and means for elevating the ironcarrying end of the bar when it reaches the limit of its stroke in eachdirection.

4. Inan ironing machine, the combination of a bar; an iron carried thereby; a swiveled support for said bar; means for reciprocatmg said bar to and fro through said support; a lever underlying the bar; a cam adapted to throw the lever upwardly as the bar reaches the limit of movement in each direction; and means for tilting the iron and maintaining it in such position.

6. In an ironing machine, the combination of a bar; an iron. carried thereby; a swiveled support for said bar; a rack-and-pinion mechanism for reciprocating said bar to and fro through said support; a lever fulcrumed on a fixed portion of the machine beneath the bar; cam-actuated mechanism for operating said lever to cause it to elevate'the bar at the end of each stroke of said bar; and means for driving said rack-and-pinion mechanism and the cam-actuated mechanism in unison.

7. In an ironing machine, the combination of a main'housing; an arm projecting outwardly therefrom; a bar extending freely through said arm; an iron carried at the outer end of the bar; a driven shaft mounted in the housing; a cam carried thereby; a crank likewise secured to the shaft; a supporting shaft; a pinion carried thereby; a rack meshing with the pinion and connected at one end to the crank; a gear secured to said pinion; an oscillating support for the iron-carrying bar; a rack on the bar meshing with the gear; and a lever mechanism actuated by the cam and operating upon the iron-carrying bar to elevate the outer end thereof at the end of each stroke of said bar.

8. In an ironing machine, the combination of a suitable housing; a hollow arm extending forwardly therefrom; an iron-supporting bar extending freely through said arm and into the housing; an iron carried at the outer end of the bar; a driven shaft mounted in the housing; a twopoint cam mounted upon said shaft; a lever mechanism mounted in the housing and arm, the for ward portion thereof underlying the ironcarrying bar and the rear portion thereof standing in operative relation with the cam and adapted to be actuated thereby; a crank secured to the driven shaft; a rack secured to the crank; a hired shaft mounted in the rack carried by said bar and meshing with the gear. I v

9. In an iromng machine the comblnatlon of an iron-actuating bar; an iron carried thereby; a swiveled support for said bar; means for reciprocating the bar; means acting upon said bar for automatically elevating the bar at the end of each inward and outward stroke thereof; and mechanism 00- operating with said means and adapted to hold the same in its elevated position, whereby the iron-actuating-bar will be held elevated while still free to move back and forth.

10. In an ironing machine, the combination of a tiltable iron-actuating bar; anir'on carried thereby; means for reciprocating said bar; means for raising and lowering said bar at the end of each inward and outward stroke thereof; and means independent of said raising and lowering means for holding said bar in its elevated {position when desired, while still move endwise.

11. In an ironing machine, the combination of a suitable housing; a hollow arm projecting outwardly therefrom; an ironsupporting bar extending horizontally through the housing and arm; an 'ironpivotally supported upon the outer end of said bar; means for reciprocating said bar; an arm secured to one side of the iron; a roller carried at the free end of said arm; a rod standing in alinement with said rollerfland supported from the hollow arm; and means for raising and lowering said rod.

12. In an ironing machine, the combination of an iron-supporting bar; an iron pivotally connected to the outer end thereof; a spring interposed between each of the upper and lower faces of the bar and the adjacent face of the iron, thereby tending to hold the iron in a definite position with reference to the bar; means for reciprocating said bar; and means for tilting the-iron and maintaining itin such tilted position while the bar is reciprocated.

13. In an ironing machine, the combination of a suitable base providedat one end with an outward extension and at its opposite end with a housing; an ironing-board secured to said forward extension; a hollow arm projecting outwardly from the housing; an iron-supporting bar extending horizontally through said arm and housing; an-

iron mounted upon the outer end of said permitting it to bar; means contained Within said housing for supporting the bar; means likewise contained Within said housing for actuating said bar and imparting to and fro movement thereto; means contained Within said housmaintain the iron in such tilted position 10 While still in operation.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

FREDERICK E. WARNER.

Witnesses:

F. W. SMITH, J12, M. T. LONGDEN.

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